It’s officially panfish season! All of my usual lake spots are littered with bluegill feeding up shallow. One specific local lake (which in reality is more the size of a pond) seriously just has an impressive population of gills. Some catches from the weekend and yesterday:
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What you’re seeing is basically the average size for this very small lake. It’s incredible. Beautiful fish too, so many of them have that purple/pink shimmer in the scales that you sometimes see in bluegill.
Plans for the rest of the week are to try my luck at my usual redbreast river spots. Constant Spring showers make river fishing a bit of a pain sometimes so haven’t had any luck so far this spring.
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What you’re seeing is basically the average size for this very small lake. It’s incredible. Beautiful fish too, so many of them have that purple/pink shimmer in the scales that you sometimes see in bluegill.
Plans for the rest of the week are to try my luck at my usual redbreast river spots. Constant Spring showers make river fishing a bit of a pain sometimes so haven’t had any luck so far this spring.